Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

The guards in Xiangyang City saw that Zhao Ning had brought so many people here in a hurry, and planned to stop him.

But Zhao Ning had already rushed in with people, and the brigade also rushed in.

The guard yelled: "No! Stop them!"

With the attitude of Zhao Guan's family, the local army naturally couldn't keep up.

When Guo Rong rode his horse to Xiangyang City, he asked a terrified native soldier at the gate, "What happened?"

"A group of people charged into the city on horseback just now, and now the whole city has been alarmed. Someone is rebelling! Someone is going to rebel!"

Guo Rong immediately rushed to the magistrate's office.

When Guo Rong rushed to the prefect's Yamen, he happened to meet Hu Quan who had just arrived.

Hu Quan was talking with Pan Hanli, when he saw Guo Rong, he hurried over.

"Master Guo."

"Hu Guanren? Who are you?" He looked at the people on horseback, and suddenly remembered Fang La's rebellion more than ten years ago. He heard people in the southeast say that the government was also surrounded. He exclaimed, "Are you rebels?"

"of course not."

"That you……"

"Oh, Officer Zhao is inside, why don't you go in too?"

"What is Officer Zhao doing inside?"

"I'm complaining."

"Sue who?"

"Sue you."

"Sue me?" Guo Rong was even more puzzled, "What did I do?"

"You'll know when you go in." Hu Quan asked Guo Rong to be brought in.

At this time Zhou Jiande hid behind and shivered.

Sergeant Cao Canjun Li Zhimao's legs were also weak. He lay on the ground, saw Zhou Jiande hiding under the table, and shouted: "Prefect Zhou, everyone outside is waiting for you!"

"Rebellion! Rebellion! You dare to surround the government with people! You go out and tell them that the imperial court will definitely send a large army to come. They will definitely die if they do this. It is too late to put down their weapons! A good life, it is hard to think about it, Peace is the most important thing, and life must be cherished!"

"But people outside told you to go out and try the case."

"Have you ever seen someone bring so many people to a trial! This is clearly a traitor!"

While speaking, the imperial guards had already arrived at the back.

Jing Chao asked, "Which one is Zhou Zhifu?"

The surrounding civilian staff looked down at the same time under the table.

Jing Chao saw that there was a person hiding below, and immediately asked Zhou Jiande to be dragged out.

"You are presumptuous! I am an official of the imperial court, I am an official of the imperial court, you dare to touch me! You rebels! Let me tell you, there is still time for you to put down your weapons! Cherish life, don't be too hard on yourself...I advise you to put down your weapons immediately... "

Zhou Jiande was brought to the court amidst screams.

Zhao Ning was sitting below. Seeing Zhou Jiande coming, he asked, "Are you Zhou Jiande?"

"This... this official... this official is the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture, this hero, what can I do?"

"It's nothing. I met someone out there who was lending usury at three times the annual interest rate. I said he violated the court's rules. He said it was the government's acquiescence." Zhao Ning pointed to Guo Chang and said.

Guo Chang is completely confused now, this group of people is too tiger.

When Zhou Jiande heard that the other party was not here to blackmail him, he quickly followed up and said, "Who is this, my lord, who dares to raise the loan interest indiscriminately!"

Guo Chang said: "Prefect Zhou, it's me, Guo Chang, you know about this!"

"I know?"

"Isn't there still your money in the loan?"

"Oh, it's you!" Zhou Jiande remembered, and he said to Zhao Ning, "I'm afraid there may be a misunderstanding here, this hero, let's get everyone out first, and talk slowly if we have something to say."

Zhou Jiande's mind turned quickly, these people are probably not traitors.

It should be for business.

"I like to be lively. If you have anything to say, you can say it face to face." Zhao Ning said.

"This private lending matter is extremely complicated, and it's all their own will."

Zhao Ning said: "Three times the annual interest rate, isn't this a violation of court rules?"

Zhou Jiande saw that this official Zhao didn't seem to be a villain, and gradually became more courageous. He walked down, walked up to the family who wanted to escape, and asked, "Is it three times the annual interest?"

The woman held her child in her arms and said nothing, and neither did the young man.

"You think it through carefully, daring to deceive this official is a serious crime!"

The young man shook his head: "No...not triple annual interest."

"How much is it?"

"Only double."

Zhou Jiande looked back at Zhao Ning, and said with a smile: "This good man, you heard it, it's only double."

Chapter 493 I am a reasonable person! (first update)

Zhao Ning looked at Zhou Dejian and asked, "Your Excellency is really Zhou Dejian, the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture?"

"This official's official robe is naturally Zhou Dejian, the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture. The imperial court handed over Xiangyang Prefecture to this official. This official is the official of the imperial court. Who dares to pretend to be an official of the imperial court, let alone stand in this court!"

"Then why is Zhou Zhifu talking nonsense with his eyes open?"

"This good man, when did I open my eyes and talk nonsense?" Zhou Dejian was upset. If Zhao Ning hadn't brought so many people here, he would have ordered someone to arrest Zhao Ning.

"Then let me ask you, do you recognize this Guo Chang?"

Zhou Jiande hesitated for a moment, and said: "I am busy with official duties every day. I have met people and handled cases. There are countless people. How can I remember?"

"Then you just said you knew him?"

"I remember wrongly."

Zhou Jiande was proud of himself, if you want to argue with me, can you argue better than me?

I am an official who took part in the imperial examination, and I may not be very good at other things. Sophistry is a unique skill I have honed over the years.

"misremembered?"

"Yes, I remember wrong."

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Guo Chang: "Just now you said that the prefect of Zhou also has a share in the loan money?"

Guo Chang hesitated, he faltered and said: "I seem to remember wrong too."

"You remember wrong too?"

Guo Chang glanced at Zhou Jiande and said, "Yes, I also remembered wrongly."

After all, it is not a glorious thing for the magistrate to borrow money from the people.

Don't tell the truth if you see it through, and you will be finished if you say it is broken. This is the principle of officialdom since ancient times.

Guo Chang also slipped his tongue for a moment just now, and now he hastened to come back.

Zhao Ning asked: "You mean, you don't know Zhou Zhifu?"

"I don't know, how can I know Zhou Zhifu!"

"The triple interest you said before, is it your family's Mr. Guo's own claim?"

"I didn't say triple interest!" Guo Chang looked very puzzled, "This official, did he remember wrongly? Even they themselves said it was double interest."

Zhao Ning laughed instead of anger: "I've been telling you the truth for a while, do you think I'm a reasonable person, and think that as long as there is no direct evidence, I will have nothing to do with you?"

Guo Chang quickly said: "This official, where did you start talking about this!"

Zhao Ning said: "It seems that people who are reasonable always suffer. The other party just needs to be unreasonable."

Zhou Jiande quickly said again: "This hero, everything is based on reason and law. This is a misunderstanding. Otherwise, you should let these people leave Xiangyang City first. If you have any needs, tell me, I will definitely Handle it properly."

Guo Chang immediately understood, and he said: "Yes, this good man, you can ask for whatever you need, and we will satisfy what we can. Everyone comes out to make a living and make money. It's not shabby."

Zhao Ning's face darkened: "Let me ask you one last time, I will reason with you, will you reason with me?"

"This good man, of course we are reasonable, otherwise, I will be the host today, invite everyone to dinner, sit down and have a good talk." Guo Chang said.

He knew that Zhou Jiande wanted to be soft and practice Tai Chi, so he immediately jumped out to cooperate.

If it doesn't work, just give the money and stabilize this group of people first.

In the future, the prefect of Zhou will ask the imperial court for instructions, and the imperial court will send troops to deal with this group of people.

But Zhao Ning stopped answering his words, and said to Jing Chao: "Help him remember what he said."

"Yes!"

Jing Chao smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.

He walked up to Guo Chang in two steps, grabbed Guo Chang's hair, dragged Guo Chang aside like a pig, and then grabbed his head and slammed it against the pillar.

Guo Chang didn't react at all, his head banged loudly.

Zhou Jiande was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that this group of people would dare to use lynching in the courtroom.

Guo Chang let out a miserable cry.

After bumping a few times, Jing Chao stopped and asked, "Is your mind clear?"

"Don't...don't bump into..."

"Do you remember?"

"Prefect Zhou, help me..."

Seeing that Guo Chang was still stubborn, Jing Chao signaled again.

Two imperial guards came, pressed Guo Chang to the ground, and then pressed his palms to the ground.

An imperial guard smashed down hard with an iron bone, and with a click, the bone in his hand was smashed apart, and Guo Chang wailed in pain.

Zhou Jiande's face turned pale with fright, and he said: "You use lynching indiscriminately, do you know that this is a serious crime?"

The family members on the other side were also dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

In their hearts, Guo Chang is an unattainable big shot, who can crush several people to death with just one finger.

But now, this big man is like a pig in a pigsty, as if he is being held down on the pig killing platform.

The shock in their hearts cannot be described in words.

Zhao Ning said calmly, "If you don't think about it, keep hitting until you think about it."

"I remembered! I remembered!" Guo Chang shouted out with the last of his reason.

"How many times the interest?"

Guo Chang trembled all over, and shouted incoherently: "Three times! It's three times! It's three times the interest! Stop beating! It's three times the interest!"

"Who told you to charge triple the interest?"

Guo Chang said without hesitation: "It's Mr. Guo, it's Mr. Guo!"

When it comes to Guo Daguan, Guo Rong is here.

He was brought in by Hu Quan. When he came in, he saw such a scene and stood there in shock for a moment, not knowing what to say.

His gaze fell on Zhou Jiande again, and he said, "Prefect Zhou, this is?"

If he hadn't seen Zhou Jiande sitting on it, he would have thought he had gone to the wrong place.

The magistrate's yamen was unexpectedly surrounded by a group of people of unknown origin.

This is not what rebellion is for!

Hu Quan walked up to Zhao Ning and said in a low voice: "Officer, this official Guo has plenty of food, I told you so personally."

Seeing Guo Rong coming, Guo Chang seemed to see a life-saving straw, and shouted: "Mr. Guo, save the villain, save the villain!"

"What are you doing!" Guo Rong said.